The group met at Bingham High today. I decided to walk/run there as my warm-up. I ran into the group doing the early miles as they ran by my street, so I just took up with them. I was in charge of the group today, the first time in a long time it seems like. My plan was to do half mile repeats in Prospector Place. It just happened to turn out that's what Peggy and Mike wanted to do for speed work, so it worked out. Today I concentrated form-wise on feeling a push off as my foot hit the ground, keeping the knees high. So here are my times and paces for the 5 just slightly longer (.52 miles usually) than half mile repeats.
1. 3:47 (7:25 pace)
2. 3:36 (6:59)
3. 3:42 (7:05)
4. 3:40 (7:07)
5. 3:49 (7:16)
The first two were run south to north, #3 north to south, #4south to north, #5 north to south (I think I remember these correctly, somebody from the group let me know if I am wrong.)
I was pretty happy with this workout, especially feeling like my technique is getting better, especially the knee drive with the foot pushing up and then pulling (that's what I worked on at TOSH yesterday). I was running pretty fast but things felt pretty comfortable, which is the most important thing. The upper body can still be less tight, but it's coming along. It's been a while since I've seen anything in the 6 minute range, so #2 being a 6:59 pace (barely made it) makes me pretty happy.
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